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Showing 1 to 20 of 372 for “"applied health"”.
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The dissemination of applied health services research
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, 1981.
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Health Psychology: applied Health Psychology within Health Promotion
… An experimental evaluation of a sexual health promotion DVD entitled, “Bedroom Business,” was undertaken to assess its capacity to change the cognitive antecedents of condom use. Bedroom Business is a 27 minute documentary featuring young people and health professionals discussing sexual …
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Three Essays on Partial Identification for Applied Health Economics
… methods for estimating treatment effects in applied health economics research. Each one applies the methodology to different settings in which establishing causality has traditionally been difficult, and seeks to demonstrate when a bounding approach can—and cannot—aid researchers in learning …
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Essays in Applied Health Economics: Evidence on Health and Health Care in Italy and UK
… care services provided by the Italian National Health Service (NHS). In order to test the empirical predictions by Sutton, we identify the relevant markets for hospital care services in Italy in terms of both product and geographic dimensions. In particular, the Elzinga and Hogarty (1978) …
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Undoing Wit: A Critical Exploration of Performance and Medical Education in the Knowledge Economy
Over the past decade, there has been a turn in applied health research towards the use of performance as a tool for knowledge translation. The turn to performance in applied health sciences has emerged as researchers have struggled to find new and engaging ways to communicate complex research …
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Applying the Health Belief Model to Michigan motorcyclist helmet use
… pages to participate in an online survey that applied Health Belief Model constructs to examine attitudes and beliefs around the decision to wear or not wear a helmet. Significant differences in perceptions of Health Belief Model constructs were found between always-helmeted and …
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An Investigation of Forced Migrant Fathers’ Experiences, and Interventions to Support their Maternity Journey in the UK
… Migrant women experience poor maternal health outcomes in the maternity journey compared to natives. Migrant fathers accompanying these women may experience similar issues. No research has focused on the barriers they may face considering their socio-cultural construction of maternity. …
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Engaging with Motor Neurone Disease
… geography, science studies, disability and applied health research, the project brings together debates around spaces and bodies. It illustrates how spaces of science (engagements) do not always accommodate particular bodies, and why these matter. I go on to suggest that a geographical …
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Optimising the care of patients receiving oral systemic anti-cancer treatments: a mixed methods study
… SACT to inform models of care. Methodology: An applied health research study using a mixed-methods approach was conducted. The study included a questionnaire survey distributed to patients who attended the OEC, and a second questionnaire posted 6 weeks later. Descriptive statistics were used to …
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How are driving licensure status, delay in driving licensure, and driving exposure associated with alcohol and drug use, parental monitoring knowledge, peer alcohol and drug use, and health, education, and employment of emerging adults?
… knowledge, peer alcohol and drug use, and health, education, and employment of emerging adults. Driving privileges may provide emerging adults with the ability to move more freely, and that mobility may affect their access to drugs and alcohol. It may also mean that emerging adults with …
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An Analysis of Minor Hockey Officials and Perceived Organizational Support
Recent research suggests organizational factors should be considered in order to better understand the attrition of minor hockey. Consequently, the purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the extent to which minor hockey officials perceive organizational support (POS) from the minor …
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The Search for Scholarly Teaching in Elementary Education
Elementary teachers are expected to prepare students to work efficiently with others, solve complex problems and self-regulate their own learning. Considering the importance of a solid educational foundation in the early years, students would benefit if elementary teachers engaged in scholarly …
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Guiding Graduate Student Professional Development: Progress, Pathways and Plans
The skills imperative has signaled the emergence of co-curricular professional development programming and the establishment of a new subsector in graduate education. In an effort to support the transition from academia to post-graduate work for students enrolled in research-intensive pathways, …
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Investigating Experienced Female USPORT Coaches’ Process of Creating Positive Team Culture
This study explores how experienced female USPORT head coaches define, create, and sustain positive team culture within Canadian university sport programs. While team culture is increasingly recognized as a key factor in team success and athlete development, little research has focused on how …
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Deception in Sport: A Conceptual and Ethical Analysis
In 1973, Kathleen Pearson offered a pivotal first step into understanding deception in competitive sport and its many intricacies. However, the analysis falls short of truly deciphering this widespread phenomenon. By creating a taxonomy based on Torres (2000) understanding of various types of …
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Understanding Explicit and Implicit U SPORTS Brand Associations Among Ontario University Student Sport Fans
The purpose of this research was to generate insight to better understand how explicit and implicit associations of the U SPORTS brand affects the brand’s meaning among Ontario university students who identify as sport fans. This research employed an interpretivist research paradigm, as well as a …
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The effects of distraction on threat-related changes in attention focus and postural control
… control could be modified using distraction. Healthy young adults (N=21) stood without (No Threat) and with (Threat) the possibility of receiving an unpredictable anterior or posterior support surface translation under conditions in which they were required to perform or not perform a …
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A Life without Gluten: Dietary Adherence, Physical Activity and Motives
… regulations; p < .05). Findings may be used by health professionals to inform behavioural interventions consistent with OIT (Deci & Ryan, 2002).
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Therapeutic Recreation Education in Canada: A Review of the Current Curriculum
Abstract This descriptive study sought to identify the similarities and differences between the various educational institutions offering therapeutic recreation curriculum across Canada. The study utilized mixed methods, including open and closed-ended questions on a survey and document analysis. …
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Emotional, cognitive, and postural adaptations to repeated postural threat exposure
… of these measures to repeated threat exposure in healthy young and older adults. Twenty-seven young and twenty-seven older adults stood on a platform under no threat and threat conditions. Postural threat was manipulated by altering the expectation of a temporally and directionally unpredictable …
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